EPA, Meyer Settle $7.4M Emissions Tampering Case
Distributor Allegedly Sold Products for Diesel and Light-Duty Vehicles
The settlement now awaits approval from the court. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a $7.4 million settlement with a wholesale automotive parts distributor over allegations it sold tens of thousands of aftermarket emissions tampering devices.
The agency in a civil complaint accused Indiana-based Meyer Distributing Inc. of offering for nationwide sale more than 600 illegal aftermarket emissions defeat devices that “bypass, defeat, or render inoperative emission controls installed on motor vehicles or their engines,” logging sales of over 90,000 individual units between Jan. 1, 2018, and Sept. 16, 2020. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Southern Indiana, sought injunctive relief and penalties arising from Meyer’s purported sales of the devices.
In its complaint, EPA estimated that the alleged violations resulted in “approximately 42,043 tons of excess nitrogen oxide emissions, 934,665 tons of excess carbon monoxide emissions, 2,246 tons of excess no…
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